The Morphopragmatics of the Diminutive Morpheme (-ba/-wa) in Akan
The present paper is concerned with the diminutive morpheme -wa/-ba in Akan. It examines the form, the origin and the various meanings associated with diminutive forms in the language. We attribute the origin of the diminutive to the lexical word for ‘child/offspring’ ɔba, basing our argument on lan...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/437 |